Archive for December, 2009

Tylenol Expands Recall: Pain Reliever Can Cause Nausea, Stomach Pain

Tylenol Expands Recall: Pain Reliever Can Cause Nausea, Stomach Pain

3 / December 29, 2009 8:17 am

After recalling five lots of their Tylenol Arthritis product last month, Johnson & Johnson has expanded the voluntarily recall to all product lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets in 100 count bottles with the red EZ-Open Cap.

Bring on the Coffee! What You Eat & Drink May Help Ward Off Diabetes

Bring on the Coffee! What You Eat & Drink May Help Ward Off Diabetes

0 / December 25, 2009 9:27 am

Here’s yet another reason to eat right: what you eat may help ward off diabetes. Excess weight is the #1 risk factor for type 2 diabetes—which affects nearly one of every 13 Americans. What’s the connection between weight and diabetes? [...]

Study: Alcohol Raises Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk

Study: Alcohol Raises Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk

0 / December 13, 2009 8:31 am

A new study found that cancer is 34% more likely to come back in breast cancer survivors who drink more than three alcoholic beverages a week, compared with those who abstain or drink less.

Slim Fast Recalls 10 Million Diet Shakes

Slim Fast Recalls 10 Million Diet Shakes

1 / December 4, 2009 6:28 pm

Slim Fast has issued a recall of all — as in every one — of their canned meal replacement shakes over concern of bacteria contamination which could cause moderate food poisoning.

Large Study on Cell Phones and Brain Tumors Finds No Connection

Large Study on Cell Phones and Brain Tumors Finds No Connection

0 / December 3, 2009 9:56 pm

Even though we can’t live without cell phones, news that radiation from them may cause brain tumors is a growing concern. A new, large scale study of over 60,000 people over a 30 year period found no substantial change in the occurrence of brain tumors.

Gloss Find: “Words To Sweat By” Workout Towels

Gloss Find: “Words To Sweat By” Workout Towels

2 / December 3, 2009 10:04 am

Keep your funny bone in shape with these workout towels that feature humorous “mantras” on them from Words To Sweat By.

Former Beauty Queen Dies After Plastic Surgery: What Went Wrong?

Former Beauty Queen Dies After Plastic Surgery: What Went Wrong?

3 / December 1, 2009 2:17 pm

Everyone’s talking about the tragic death of Solange Magnano, the 37-year old model and former Miss Argentina following a plastic surgery procedure.

Hot or Hype? Wake Up On Time Pills

Hot or Hype? Wake Up On Time Pills

0 / December 1, 2009 6:53 am

I’m usually a skeptic — about many things — but especially about those “As Seen On TV” products. So when I heard about a new pill that promises that when taken before bed, you’ll wake up without energized and without a foggy head, I was willing to give it a shot.